Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe - Chopped Chicken Salad For You

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cook: 25 – 60 minutes

Ingredients:

½ Cup of raw spelt berries or wheat berries Baby greens

1 cup of diced or shredded cooked lean chicken breast

¾ cup of carrots, grated and diced

½ cup red onion, diced

½ cup of celery, diced

¾ cup mixed sweet ball peppers, diced

Instructions:

• Optional: Spelt berries can be soaked in water ahead of time, which will shorten their cooking time. To do this, place spelt berries (or wheat berries) in a bowl of water and set it on the counter for 4-8 hours.

• If you soaked the spelt berries, drain off the soaking water and rinse. Transfer to a small saucepan and add 2 1/2 cups of water or low sodium vegetable broth. Cook over medium heat. Soaked berries should take about 25 minutes whereas unsoaked berries will take 50-60 minutes. When fully cooked, they should be slightly more chewy than cooked wild rice, but not crunchy. Drain any remaining water and rinse the grains. Set aside to cool.

• For the salad, chop all vegetables and chicken. Evenly distribute them in layers across 4 jars, in the order listed. (Chicken on the bottom, spelt berries on the top). Fill any remaining space at the top of the jars with baby greens.

• When ready to eat, drizzle with your favourite dressing and shake the jar. Pour into a bowl (over more greens if you want to), and enjoy!

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